‘No child should be deprived of dignity’: HC allows 15 y/orape survivor to end pregnancy

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has held that compelling a rape survivor to continue with a pregnancy resulting from sexual assault and forcing motherhood upon her against her will would seriously impair her right to live with dignity.The court made the observation while allowing a plea filed on behalf of a 15-year-old rape survivor seeking termination of her pregnancy, which had crossed 30 weeks of gestation, news agency PTI reported.Justice Madhu Jain said the fact that the pregnancy had crossed the statutory limit under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act could not, by itself, be considered in isolation in cases arising from sexual assault.'15-year-old cannot be reduced to description of mother'Justice Jain said courts exercising jurisdiction under Articles 226 or 32 of the Constitution must give due primacy to the best interests and welfare of the minor, while also taking into account the statutory framework under the MTP…